Total Crime Rate
736.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
186.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoney Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stoney Lane (E1 7BH) in the last 12 months was 736.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1792.2% higher than the Aldersgate average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 171 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 108.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -22.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 168 (≈ 186.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoney Lane (E1 7BH), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aldgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strype Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tenter Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brushfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strype Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crutched Friars | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artillery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sandy'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandy'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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